cowered

Those inside the building cowered as gunfire echoed - some even piling couches and chairs against doors as they hid in offices.

A few years ago I came across a profoundly unnerving historical photo: A lineup of terrified, naked Black babies cowered over the title “Alligator Bait.”

For hours, she cowered in fear as fighters dressed in military-style uniforms and desert camouflage roamed the streets of the neighbourhood.

There was another time at a party where he kicked her head as she cowered behind a toilet in a bathroom stall, she said.

We cowered as she searched through the hangers for her dinner dress.